Gerhard student

Gerhard Schüler (* 1942 ) is a German entrepreneur and former racing car driver .

Career

Gerhard Schüler started his racing career in the early 1960s as a private driver in touring car racing . From 1965 to 1970 he drove various Alfa Romeo racing cars, such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia , Alfa Romeo GTA and Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm in individual touring car races and in the European Touring Car Championship . He achieved his first success in 1965 at the Roßfeld hill climb , which was held as part of the sports car world championship , with a 19th place and victory in the T1.6 class. He celebrated his first overall victory with an Alfa Romeo vehicle, an Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm, in the 1970 touring car race in Hockenheim.

In 1969 he drove a Porsche 906 in several sports car races and scored his first race win at the Hockenheim finale.

In 1971, Schüler switched to the Steinmetz team and drove an Opel Commodore GS 2800 in the 3rd division of the European Touring Car Championship for a year . In the 2-liter European sports car championship , some GT races and in the German Automobile Circuit Championship (DARM) he drove an Opel GT 1900 , with which he achieved several victories in the GT2.0 class.

In 1972, Schüler started with a Ford Escort RS 1600 in the 2nd division of the German Racing Championship (DRM). There he was able to win the race at the Mainz-Finthen airfield race, the Schauinsland hill climb and the 500 km race at the Nürburgring. With these victories and two further second places in Diepholz and Hockenheim, he secured 6th place in the DRM season ranking.

He drove his first long-distance race together with the native Kenyan Edgar Herrmann in 1968 in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in the European Touring Car Championship. There both achieved 8th place with a Porsche 911 . In 1972 he competed with Reinhold Joest in a Porsche 908/03 at the 1000 km race in Monza in the World Sports Car Championship. Both finished the race successfully with second place overall. In 1974 he drove again with Roland Heiler for the Joest Racing Team in Monza. Due to the loss of oil in the Porsche 908/03, both had to give up the race early.

In addition to touring and GT vehicles, he also drove a Lola formula racing car in Formula Super Vee.

In 1974, Schüler retired from racing and set up a catering company with his business partner Michael Presinger. One of his best-known establishments was the Dorian Gray discotheque, which opened at Frankfurt Airport in 1978 . In 2000 the discotheque was closed because it could no longer meet the fire protection guidelines of the time. He owns around 34 restaurants and discos in Germany.

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1965	Helmut Hähn	Alfa Romeo Giulia	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
													19th
1972	Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							2
1974	Joest Racing	Porsche 908	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
			DNF

Web links

• Gerhard Schüler at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Classicscars - Internet site: Race results of the Sports Car World Championship 1965. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on October 31, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Racing Sports Cars - website: Gerhard Schüler. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed October 31, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Teamdan - website: race results and overall placements of the DRM 1972. At: www.teamdan.com , accessed on October 31, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Classicscars - Internet site: Race results of the Sports Car World Championship 1972. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on October 31, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Classicscars - Internet site: Race results of the sports car world championship 1974. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on October 31, 2012 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Dunlop - Internet site: Gerhard Schüler - The career man. (No longer available online.) At: www.dunlop.eu , formerly in the original ; accessed on October 31, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
7. ↑ Gießener Allgemeine - Website: Dorian Gray: Real celebrities and hard beats. At: www.giessener-allgemeine.de , accessed on September 2, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Brandeins - Internet site: The pub friendship. From: www.brandeins.de , accessed on September 26, 2015 .